2007 North American SuperLiga

2007 SuperLiga

2007 North American SuperLiga
Tournament details
Host country	USA
Dates	July 24 – August 29
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Pachuca (1st title)
Runners-up	Los Angeles Galaxy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	42 (2.8 per match)
Attendance	234,751 (15,650 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Landon Donovan (4 goals)

The 2007 SuperLiga, the inaugural edition of the SuperLiga competition, was held from July 24 to August 29, 2007. The eight clubs participating in the 2007 tournament were chosen by invitation.

All games of the tournament were carried live on Fox Sports World in Canada (English), Telefutura in the United States (Spanish), and Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico (both Spanish).

Qualification

The eight teams in the inaugural 2007 edition were selected on an invitation-only basis.

From Major League Soccer

• D.C. United
• FC Dallas
• Houston Dynamo
• Los Angeles Galaxy

From Primera División de México

• CA Morelia
• CF Pachuca
• Club América
• CD Guadalajara

Group stage

There were two groups of four teams. Each group contained two clubs from each league with the top two teams from each groups advancing to the semifinals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
LA Galaxy	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6
Pachuca	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Guadalajara	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
FC Dallas	3	0	2	1	7	8	−1	2

Source: July 24, 2007
21:00 EDT

FC Dallas	1 – 1	Guadalajara
Alvarez 56' Moor  72'	Report	Olvera 67'

Pizza Hut Park, FriscoAttendance: 12,641Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica) July 24, 2007
23:00 EDT

LA Galaxy	2 – 1	Pachuca
Gordon 50' Donovan 81'	Report	Márquez Lugo 78'

The Home Depot Center, CarsonAttendance: 19,317Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala) July 28, 2007
20:00 EDT

FC Dallas	1 – 1	Pachuca
Ruíz 75'	Report	Giménez 87' (pen.)

Pizza Hut Park, FriscoAttendance: 7,953Referee: Samir Osman (Egypt) July 28, 2007
22:00 EDT

LA Galaxy	1 – 2	Guadalajara
Donovan 88'	Report	Rodríguez 59' Bravo 82'

Los Angeles Coliseum, Los AngelesAttendance: 37,337Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) July 31, 2007
20:00 EDT

FC Dallas	5 – 6	LA Galaxy
Alvarez 43' Toja 78' Alvarez 82' Ruíz 90+1' Thompson 90+6'	Report	Gordon 3' Klein 12' Gordon 15' Harmse 18' Donovan 84' Pavón 90+5'

Pizza Hut Park, FriscoAttendance: 21,576Referee: Kevin Stott (United States) July 31, 2007
22:00 EDT

Guadalajara	0 – 1	CF Pachuca
	Report	Márquez Lugo 62'

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce CityAttendance: 14,069Referee: Marco Antonio Rodriguez (Mexico)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Houston Dynamo	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
D.C. United	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Club América	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Monarcas Morelia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Source: July 25, 2007
20:00 EDT

D.C. United	1 – 1	Monarcas Morelia
Gomez 7'	Report	Landín  58' Martínez 79'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.Attendance: 13,335Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) July 25, 2007
22:00 EDT

Houston Dynamo	1 – 0	Club América
Jaqua 41'	Report

Robertson Stadium, HoustonAttendance: 18,112Referee: Samir Osman (Egypt) July 29, 2007
20:00 EDT

D.C. United	1– 0	Club América
Dyachenko 12'	Report	Rojas  49'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.Attendance: 18,604Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala July 29, 2007
22:00 EDT

Houston Dynamo	1– 1	Monarcas Morelia
Ngwenya 1'	Report	Batista 74'

Robertson Stadium, HoustonAttendance: 11,236Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica) August 1, 2007
20:00 EDT

Houston Dynamo	1– 0	D.C. United
Ching 50'	Report

Robertson Stadium, HoustonAttendance: 11,013Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States) August 1, 2007
22:00 EDT

Club América	3– 2	Monarcas Morelia
Mosqueda 17' Cabañas 56' (pen.) Insúa 85'	Report	Romero  54' Choy 67' Landín 73'

Toyota Park, BridgeviewAttendance: 10,623Referee: Hugo Leon Guajardo (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 August – Houston
	Houston	2 (3)
					29 August – Carson
	Pachuca (p)	2 (4)
					Los Angeles	1 (3)
	15 August – Carson
					Pachuca (p)	1 (4)
	Los Angeles	2
	D.C.	0

Semi-finals

August 14, 2007
22:00 EDT
02:00 UTC

Houston Dynamo	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	CF Pachuca
DeRosario 4' Ianni  13' Robinson 83' Ashe  102'	Report	Cacho 28' Chitiva 62' Chitiva  85'
Penalties
Barrett Wondolowski Mulrooney Ching Ngwenya	3 – 4	Salazar Caballero Rey Álvarez Lugo

Robertson Stadium, HoustonAttendance: 21,712Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States) August 15, 2007
22:00 EDT

Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 0	D.C. United
Beckham 27' Donovan 47'	Report

The Home Depot Center, CarsonAttendance: 17,223Referee: Alex Prus (United States)

Final

August 29, 2007
20:00 PDT
03:00 UTC

Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	CF Pachuca
Klein 90+3'	Report	Vagenas 29' (og)
Penalties
Vagenas Jones Klein Buddle Donovan Xavier	3 – 4	Lugo Rey Caballero Manzur Cabrera Rodríguez

The Home Depot Center, CarsonAttendance: 12,500Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

SuperLiga 2007 Champion
Pachuca First title

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Landon Donovan ( Los Angeles Galaxy)

3 goals

• Arturo Alvarez ( FC Dallas)
• Alan Gordon ( Los Angeles Galaxy)

2 goals

• Chris Klein ( Los Angeles Galaxy)
• Rafael Márquez Lugo ( Pachuca)
• Carlos Ruiz ( FC Dallas)

1 goal

• Marcio Antonio Batista ( Morelia)
• David Beckham ( Los Angeles Galaxy)
• Omar Bravo ( Guadalajara)
• Salvador Cabañas ( América)
• Juan Carlos Cacho ( Pachuca)
• Brian Ching ( Houston Dynamo)
• Andrés Chitiva ( Pachuca)
• Gonzalo Choy ( Morelia)
• Dwayne De Rosario ( Houston Dynamo)
• Rod Dyachenko ( D.C. United)
• Christian Giménez ( Pachuca)
• Christian Gómez ( D.C. United)
• Kevin Harmse ( Los Angeles Galaxy)
• Federico Insúa ( América)
• Nate Jaqua ( Houston Dynamo)
• Luis Ángel Landín ( Morelia)
• Diego Martínez ( Morelia)
• Juan Carlos Mosqueda ( América)
• Joseph Ngwenya ( Houston Dynamo)
• José Antonio Olvera ( Guadalajara)
• Carlos Pavón ( Los Angeles Galaxy)
• Eddie Robinson ( Houston Dynamo)
• Francisco Javier Rodríguez ( Guadalajara)
• Abe Thompson ( FC Dallas)
• Juan Toja ( FC Dallas)

References

1. ^ "TargetMedia | SMS Diensten, Betaal Diensten en IVR Diensten". Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
2. ^ Rakes, Jeremy. "Dynamo blank Club America 1-0". MLSNet.com, July 25, 2007. Retrieved on April 16, 2013.

External links

• Official Website
• 2007 final

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